STATE OF FLORIDA, PETITIONER,
v.
YOLINDA WRIGHT ZINNERMAN, RESPONDENT
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The Florida Supreme Court granted the State's petition for review of a Fifth District Court of Appeal decision certifying a question of great public importance. The Court exercised jurisdiction and remanded the case for reconsideration in light of its decision in Martinez v. State.
The Florida Supreme Court granted the petition for review, quashed the Fifth District's decision in Zinnerman, and remanded the matter to the Fifth District for reconsideration in light of Martinez.
“We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case. The decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Fifth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court's decision in Martinez.”
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LEWIS, J.
We have for review Zinnerman v. State, 942 So. 2d 982 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006), in which the Fifth District Court of Appeal certified a question of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We stayed proceedings in this case pending our disposition of Martinez v. State, 981 So. 2d 449 (Fla.2008). When our decision in Martinez became final, we issued an order directing respondent to show cause why we should not exercise jurisdiction, quash the Zinnerman decision, and remand for reconsideration in light of our decision in Martinez. Upon consideration of the responses to our Order to Show Cause, we have determined to exercise jurisdiction.
We accordingly grant the petition for review in the present case. The decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Fifth District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of this Court’s decision in Martinez.
It is so ordered.
QUINCE, C.J., WELLS, PARIENTE, CANADY, and POLSTON, JJ., and ANSTEAD, Senior Justice, concur.